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Track North athletes nab 4 golds at championship

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Mar 11, 2010

By: Sudbury Northern Life Staff

Members of Sudbury's Track North Athletic Club are sporting four more gold medals after competing at the Athletics Ontario Junior Championships last weekend at the Metro Centre Track in Toronto.

The club also posted four personal best performances at the meet.

Emma Tallman, who also competes for the Laurentian University Indoor Track and Field Team, closed out her indoor campaign by winning gold in the 800 metres with a time of 2:13.41. It was a three-second personal best.

Ross Proudfoot, 17, out-kicked the competition in the 3,000-metre with a personal best time of 8:40.37. He also placed ninth in the 800-metre with a time of 1:59.95.

Triple jumper Caroline Ehrhardt, 18, place first in both the triple and long jump with leaps of 12:01 and 5.52 metres respectively.

Grace Thomson, 18, ran personal bests in the heats and finals of the 60-metre hurdles, finishing in sixth place with a best time of 9.32.

Joe Burke placed 23rd in the 800-metre with a time of 2:03.84 and 33rd in the 400-metre with a time of 54.78.
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